Published in About Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — Marmi LeAre you also INFJ and a Jeopardy loser? Then we have stuff in common — First, thanks to fellow MBTI “The Advocate” Quy Ma for accepting me as a writer here! Let’s get right to it then. As you can tell from the above photo, one thing About Me is that I am a political news junkie. In fact, I’ve namechecked various CNN personalities…About Me3 min read
Aug 24True story: I use this line on my wife all the time. New Line Cinema‘House of the Dragon’ is too Similar to ‘Game of Thrones’ for Comfort1.1K25Eric PierceHaha this, these are the little things I tune in for when I read your stories!Haha this, these are the little things I tune in for when I read your stories! I never actually was a GOT watcher but my hubs and daughter started HOTD the other night while I was washing dishes. So I got suckered in because I was really invested in the…1 min read
Published in Fanfare·Aug 3Member-onlyI Felt Like A Dumb Donkey After Reading Obama’s 2022 Summer ListsPart II in a series — For some of you readers, welcome back! Everyone else, reason why the subtitle says this article is a sequel is that back in January I published this piece: I Felt Like A Dumb Donkey After Reading Obama’s 2021 Books List A year-end list of books for the rest of usmedium.com It seemed to resonate with Medium members because it would go on to become my top earning article ever ($87.69 and counting…Books3 min read
Published in Plethora Of Pop·Jul 28Member-onlyThe Best Adult-Kid Buddy MoviesVery short list since this is such a niche subgenre — Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Thelma and Louise. Dumb and Dumber. All celebrated legends of cinema, but you won’t find them here in my list of top movies in the ‘buddy’ genre. Nope. …Movies4 min read
Published in Fanfare·Jul 21Member-onlyWhy NUMB3RS and The Messengers Are The Most Underrated TV SeriesYes, it’s a mini-Thunderdome within a Thunderdome if you will — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! Mathematics and The Bible — what could be more appealing as the premise for a network TV series…Television5 min read
Published in Fanfare·Jun 5Member-onlyIt’s Fun to Spot CelebritiesAnd even more fun to have contact with them — I know I write on here about TV commercials a lot (like this one and this one), but please bear with me just one more time as this article will only mention the above TV advert starring Donald Faison and Zach Braff once. Then I promise I will move onto…Celebrity8 min read
Published in Plethora Of Pop·May 4Member-onlyIn Celebration of Star Wars Day 2022Let’s have an academic discussion of that Yoda quote — It’s May The Fourth somewhere in the world by the time this gets published, so Happy Star Wars Day! First off, I just want to clarify that I am not a Yoda expert by any means. …Star Wars4 min read
Published in Fanfare·Apr 18Member-onlyMy Husband Makes Fun Of My Susan Cain FandomAnd other “woke” authors — I love having debates with my hubs on all sorts of topics, but my favorite discussions are where we are really diametrically opposed. …Books5 min read
Published in Otrivia Rodrigo·Mar 24These 5 Takeaways From ‘The Hobbit’ Films Will Improve Your Dungeons & Dragons Game6249Eric PierceHammer don't hurt me, unpopular opinion but I LOVE THE HOBBIT TRILOGY!Hammer don't hurt me, unpopular opinion but I LOVE THE HOBBIT TRILOGY! I didn't watch this when it first came out, even though I watched the whole LOTR trilogy in the theater. …1 min read
Published in Plethora Of Pop·Mar 23Member-onlyRadiohead’s Guitarist Scored Three 2022 Oscar-Nominated FilmsAnd a few other things you didn’t know about Jonny Greenwood — Welcome to my third Medium article that mentions Radiohead! (Other ones are here and here.) This one though focuses on one member, whose name is not Thom Yorke, who is also the keyboardist (more on that later). So even though the Oscars are this Sunday, there’s probably less than 1%…Movies4 min read
